Hut 8 Beacon Point Lease Fully Commercializes Campus

Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) said on July 20, 2026, that a second lease at its Beacon Point campus fully commercializes the site and expands contracted AI data-center capacity, raising campus-level contract value and expected annual net operating income (NOI).

Beacon Point Lease Details

Hut 8 executed a second 15-year lease for 352 megawatts (MW) of IT capacity at its Beacon Point data center campus in Nueces County, Texas, with the same high-investment-grade tenant as Phase 1. The triple-net, take-or-pay lease carries a base-term contract value of $9.8 billion and a 3.0% annual base-rent escalator. The company expects cumulative NOI over the base term to equal the contract value, implying about $655 million per year upon stabilization.

Combined with Phase 1, the tenant’s contracted IT capacity at Beacon Point totals 704 MW, and the campus base-term contract value reaches $19.6 billion. Hut 8 projects average annual NOI for the campus of about $1.31 billion over the base term. Both leases include three five-year renewal options each; if fully exercised, potential campus-level contract value would rise to $50.2 billion.

Phase 2 will be built to NVIDIA’s DSX reference architecture. Hut 8 redesigned the first data hall around this architecture, achieving a 57% capacity gain without expanding land or utility footprint. The company said this densification influenced the tenant’s decision to double its contracted capacity.

Portfolio Impact and Timetable

Hut 8 secured 1,000 MW of utility capacity at Beacon Point under an interconnection agreement with AEP Texas. The company said no additional utility capacity is needed to serve Phase 2.

Across its AI data-center portfolio, Hut 8 now has contracted IT capacity of 949 MW, supported by 1,330 MW of utility capacity. The aggregate base-term contract value totals $26.6 billion, with average annual NOI exceeding $1.75 billion. All contracted AI data-center capacity is leased to or backstopped by investment-grade counterparties, which supports the company’s development and financing plans.

Hut 8 expects initial site energization at Beacon Point to remain on schedule for the first quarter of 2027, with initial Phase 2 data-hall delivery expected in the second quarter of 2028. Site preparation and long-lead equipment procurement are underway.

The Phase 2 lease significantly expands Hut 8’s contractually secured, long-duration AI data-center revenue and NOI, bringing the one-gigawatt Beacon Point campus into full commercial operation and strengthening the company’s development runway and financing profile as it executes the buildout.